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Right and left face off in Venezuelan legislature

January 15, 2016 By Emile Schepers

Since Maduro's United Socialist Party of Venezuela lost its majority in the Dec. 6 legislative election, its battle with right forces has entered a new stage.

Icy times and rays of hope in Germany

January 15, 2016 By Victor Grossman

The influx of immigrants and asylum-seekers--over a million in 2015--has split Germany into two nearly equal halves.

How the Oscars began as a tool for union-avoidance

January 15, 2016 By Northwest Labor Press

Everyone's heard of the Academy Awards, but few know the anti-union origins of its sponsor.

New bombings raise tensions, repression in Turkey

January 15, 2016 By Emile Schepers

A suicide bombing, evidently carried out by the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, killed ten German tourists in a historic square in downtown Istanbul, Turkey.

NLRB rejects McDonalds’ request to treat joint employer cases separately

January 14, 2016 By PAI

The NLRB's general counsel presents evidence in one big case about the joint responsibility of McDonald's and its local franchises to obey labor law.